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2 volumes : 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, pages 477-562)

V.1. Earliest Germans in the Anglo-American colonies -- The first permanent German settlement, at Germantown, 1683 -- Increase in German immigration in the eighteenth century, and its causes -- The first exodus : the Palantine immigration to New York -- The Germans in Pennsylvania -- The early Germans of New Jersey and of Maryland -- The Germans in Virginia -- The Germans in North and South Carolina during the eighteenth century -- German settlement before the Revolution in Georgia and in New England -- The location of the German settlements before 1775 ; their defense of the frontier; and an estimate of their numbers -- The Germans as patriots and soldiers, during the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783 -- The winning of the West : The German settlers in Kentucky and Tennessee ; The settlements of the Ohio Valley ; The advance of the frontier line to the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers ; The Northwest, the Southwest, and the Far West -- The German element in the wars of the United States during the nineteenth century -- A summary view of the German immigrations of the nineteenth century ; their location, distribution, and general character

V.2. An estimate of the number of persons of German blood in the population of the United States -- The influence of the Germans in the material development of the country : Their prominence in agriculture and dependent manufactures ; In technical branches, In other manufactures -- Political influence of the German element in the United States -- The German influence on education in the United States -- Social and cultural influences of the German element : Music and the fine arts ; The theatre [i.e., theater], literature, and journalism -- Social and moral influence of the German element -- Bibliography -- Index

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